Wire lathing to wooden joists and studs



(NOMOGBL) M. HEGBOM. DEVICE FOR SECURING WIRE LATHING T0 WOODEN JOISTSAND STUDS 0F BUILDINGS.

-N 0. 383,951. PatentedJune5,1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARSELIUS HEGBOM, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK VOSS, OFSAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING WIRE LATHING T0 WOODEN .IOISTS AND STUDS OFBUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,951, dated J une 5,1888.

Application filed February 13, 1888. Serial No. 263,903.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAEsELIUs HEGBOM, of the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State ofIllinois, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Securing Wire Lathing to the \Vooden Joistsand Studs of Buildings, which are fully described in the followingspecification, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, forming apart thereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents a view of a section ofthe ceiling-joist of a building with the wire lathing secured thereto bymy invention. Fig. Zrepresents a view of a section of said ceillug-joistwith my invention shown thereon without the wire Iathing, and in whichthe spikes B B are arranged in straightlines across the joist. Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view through the center of one of theceiling-joist, the wire lathing, and fastening devices. Fig. 4 is avertical cross sectional view on a line through B B B, and Fig. 5represents one of the spikes B B.

Similar letters in the several figures indicate corresponding parts.

A A A are ceiling joists or studs, to which the wire lathing D D is tobe attached.

B B are iron spikes having their heads b b smaller than the mesh of thewire lathingD D and provided with the shoulders b b for supporting thewires .0 O and the wire lathing D D, said shoulders or supports having alarger diameter than the mesh of the wire lathing.

C O are wires which are stretched transversely across tliejoist orstudding A A A un derneath the wire lathing and rest upon thesupporting-shoulders b b of the spikes B B, and E E are wires which arealso stretched transversely across the joist or studding above the wirelathing, and which are made to loop around the spike below the heads ofthe spikes B B and serve to secure the wire lathing to Ihe ceilings orwalls. I

The method of using my invention is as follows: The spikes B B are firstdriven into the joist or studs, to which the wire lathing is to beattached atshortintervals of, say, six inches apart, and so that theflat tops of the shoulders b b shall be on the same plane and, say, oneand one-half inch from the joist or studding, and arranged in such amanner that said spikes shall be ranged in straight or nearly straightlines across the joist or studs. The

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wires 0 G are then stretched transversely across the joist, passingalternately on either side of the spikes B B B and resting on theshoulders or supports b b b, and are firmly secured at their ends.Thewire lathing is then spread over the walls or ceilings as thusprepared, the heads b b b of the spikes passing through the mesh of thelathing. The wires E E are now stretched transversely across the joistor studs .above the lathing and looped around the spikes B B and betweenthe heads b b and the lathing and secured at their ends. It is obviousthat the wires 0 0 may be dispensed with and the wire lathing made torest on the shoulders or supports b b b of the spikes; but it isbelieved that the wires G G will furnish an additional and valuablesupport to the lath- Instead of looping the wires E E around the spikes,as shown in the drawings, they may be passed alternately on either sideof said spikes underneath the heads I) b, and will thus be held inposition.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In combination with the wooden-joistor studs A A and the wire lathing D D, the iron spikes B B, having theirheads b b of less diameter than the mesh of the wire lathing andprovided with the shoulders or supports b b, having a greater diameterthan the mesh of said lathing, the wires 0 O, resting on the supports bb underneath the wire lathing and running transversely across the joistA A, and the wires E E, also running transversely across said joistabove said wire lathing D D and passing between the lathing and theheads of the spikes, in manner substantially as shown, and for the usesand purposes specified.

2. In combination with the wooden joist or studs A A and the wirelathing D D, the iron spikes B B, having the shoulders or supports b b,on which the wire lathing is made to rest, and the wires E E, extendingtransversely across the joist or studs A A above the lathing and loopedaround the spikesB Bbetween the wire lathing and the heads b b, forthepurposes and in the manner substantially as described. I

MARSELIUS HEGBOM.

Witnesses:

M. L. WHEELER, WILLIAM A. COLEMAN.

